Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
29 December 2008
The Rwandan government has admitted to have barred Human Rights Watch's Senior Adviser on Africa, Dr Alison Des Forges, from entering Rwanda as " an individual case", but did not state categorically for what reasons.
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allAfrica.com
17 February 2009
Scholar and human rights activist Alison Des Forges, best known for her work on Central Africa and in particular her fearless advocacy of human rights in Rwanda, was killed in an air crash in Buffalo, New York, on February 12. David Newbury pays tribute in an AllAfrica guest column.
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AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
16 February 2009
"The shortcomings of [the previous U.S.] approach are abundantly clear: violent extremism and anti-Americanism are now rife in Somalia due in large part to the blowback from policies that focused too narrowly on counter-terrorism objectives. The new U.S. national security team must make a clean break by defining and implementing a long-term strategy to support the development of an inclusive ...
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Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)
14 February 2009
It is with enormous sadness that Human Rights Watch announces the death of our beloved colleague Dr. Alison Des Forges, who was killed in the crash of Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo on February 12, 2009.
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UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
5 November 2008
The arrest and detention of Burundian journalist and opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije and a stalemate in the peace process between the ruling party and the rebel Forces nationales de libération (FNL) signal a possible return to instability, rights activists have warned.
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Alison Des Forges will be greatly missed. She was indeed a courageous campaigner for human rights in Africa, specifically the Great Lakes Region and especially Rwanda. I met Alison several times, while I worked at Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) and cheered the Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA). Her commitment to human rights especially after the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda is unsurpassed. Condolences to her family, friends and love ones. Africa has missed a courageous campaigner for human rights. ezekiel pajibo, johannesburg, SA